Varaha Purana 135.26: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 26

Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda

Devanagari script

दक्षो निरपराधश्च अहङ्कारविवर्जितः ॥ धरण्युवाच ॥ श्रुतमेतन्मया देव यत्त्वया समुदाहृतम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 135.26

Transliteration

dakṣo niraparādhaś ca ahaṅkāravivarjitaḥ || dharaṇyuvāca || śrutam etan mayā deva yat tvayā samudāhṛtam

Translation

वो समझदार होता है। किसी का बुरा नहीं करता। अपने आप को बड़ा नहीं समझता। धरणी ने कहा, देवा, मैंने सुन लिया जो तुमने बताया।

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Word by Word

• दक्षः: skilful/competent
• दक्षः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular; विशेषण (of implied subject)

• निरपराधः: without fault
• निरपराधः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + अपराध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular; समास: अपराधः नास्ति यस्य (faultless/without offense)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction

• अहङ्कारविवर्जितः: free from ego
• अहङ्कारविवर्जितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहङ्कार + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular; समास: अहङ्कारात् विवर्जितः (devoid of ego)

• धरणी: Earth (goddess)
• धरणी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd sg

• श्रुतम्: (it is) heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — ‘heard’; used predicatively

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन — Nom/Acc singular; here object-content ‘this’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Instrumental singular ‘by me’

• देव: O Lord
• देव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन — relative pronoun ‘which/that’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Instrumental singular ‘by you’

• समुदाहृतम्: declared / spoken
• समुदाहृतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उद् + आ + हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन — ‘uttered/declared’

Speaker

Pṛthivī (Dharaṇī)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Dialogue Form
• Virtue Ethics
• Narrative Framing

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It marks a speaker shift (Dharaṇī uvāca), preserving the dialogic pedagogy characteristic of Purāṇic instruction and cataloging virtues like non-offense and absence of ego.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified; Dharaṇī is the Earth-persona rather than a place-name here.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Competence joined with blamelessness and humility (absence of ahaṅkāra) is presented as an ideal character profile.